End-gate



' (ModeL) I J. SGHAPPBR & A. SPANIER.

END GATE. I No. 279,444. Patented June 12,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

INDIANA.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,444, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed April 10, 1883. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, JACOB SOHAFFER and ADAM SPANIER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dyer, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in end-gates for wagons, being especially designed for lumber-wagons; and it has for its objects to provide improved means whereby the end-gate may be securely fastened in the wagon, in such manner, however, that it may be readily detached, as more fully hereinafterspecified. These objects we attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a wagon, showing my invention applied thereto and Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

The letter A indicates a wagon-body, which may be of the ordinary or any approved con struction, and which is provided on the inside, near the rear and at one side, with parallel vertical cleats B, secured at such distance apart as to leave a suitable space for one side edge of the end-gate G, which is cal cleats D at the rear.

Directly opposite the forward cleat, B, on the opposite side of the wagon, is secured a similar cleat, E, and to the rear inner edge (if the said side of the wagon is hinged a vertical cleat, F, which is of the same size as the rear cleat, B, and when closed in occupies a similar position, forming with the cleat E a space for the opposite edge of the end-gate.

The letter G indicates a vertical metallic plate, secured to the side of the wagon, close up against the cleat E, to prevent wear of the wagon side in inserting and removing the endgate.

The hinged cleat F is slotted hasp, H, which provided with a rigid is adapted to set over provided with vertia staple, I, secured to one of the vertical cleats of the end-gate when the cleat F is closed.

The letter K indicates a catch or hook pivoted to the hasp, the end of which is adapted to be passed into the staple to fasten the parts securely together. The end of the hook is bent slightly outward and is made to spring, so as to prevent the hook from jolting out of the staple when the wagon is in motion.

The letter L indicates a handle, by means of which the end-gate may be. conveniently removed. On the inside of the gate are secured two angular plates, M, over which may be passed a rod, N, extending through the sides of the wagon, to hold the gate down when the wagon is used without a top boX.

The operation of our invention will be readily understood from the above description, and is as follows: The hinged cleat being opened, as shown in Fig. 2, one side edge of the gate is inserted in the space between the two stationary cleats at one side of the wagon. The opposite edge of the gate is then pushed up against the stationary cleat at the opposite side of the wagon. The swinging cleat is then closed and the hook is inserted in the staple, securely fastening the parts. To remove the gate the operation is reversed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the stationary cleats B and E and plate G and the hinged cleat F and end-gate O, of the hasp H, attached to the hinged cleat, the staple I, secured to the endgate and adapted to set through a slot in the hasp, and the pivoted hook K, attached to the hasp and adapted to engage the staple, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB SCHAFFER. ADAM SPANIER. Witnesses:

H. KEILMANN, BERNHARD ScHEIDT. 

